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Italian health authorities said that 16,079 people tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of people infected since the start of the epidemic in Italy to 465,726 people.
This is new record the number of infected in one day, after the previous record was set yesterday, when 15,199 people were infected in 24 hours.
Italy recorded a record 15,199 COVID cases per day
The death toll from the virus increased by 127
Meanwhile, more 136 people died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, that is the highest daily number of coronavirus victims since May 21 so far, but still much less than at the height of the pandemic in Italy in March and April, when the daily peak of more than 900 victims was reached. 127 people died yesterday. Thus, deaths from COVID-19 since the beginning of the epidemic in the country are already 36,968 people.
Health officials also said that a total of 259,456 Italian citizens had recovered from the coronavirus and had been discharged from hospitals since the start of the pandemic.
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After decreasing in the summer, the number of infected has increased in recent weeks. Now they are much more widespread in the country than during the first wave in Italy, but the worst affected area is Lombardy again, where the financial capital Milan is located.
During the last 24 hours, 4,125 people registered in Lombardy, that is, more than a quarter of the total. The neighboring region of Piedmont is the second most affected with 1,550 infected.
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